Snoop Dogg – Rap Music Analysis
An excellent example of someone with dope rhymes, but a lack of a technical control over rhymes. A simplification of …
Author: Martin Connor
Martin Connor is a music teacher & writer from Philadelphia, PA, with a music degree of high distinction from Duke University who is currently studying for a master’s degree at Brandeis University in Boston, MA, while focusing his research on the vocal melodies of the rap genre. He has contributed freelance articles to HipHopDX, Complex, and Pigeons and Planes, and had multiple articles from his website, www.RapAnalysis.com go viral on BET, The Source, XXL, and MTV. He teaches rap lessons online through the music school LessonFace, and has a book, The Artistry Of Rap Music, forthcoming from the McFarland Publishing House, scheduled for release in late 2017, as a follow-up to his 2014 contribution to their anthology "Eminem & Rap, Poetry, Race." He welcomes all comments, compliments, insults, and restaurant suggestions at [email protected].
Rap Music Analysis – Prodigy and Mobb Deep
There is maybe no one who has ever done quintessential NYC boom-bap rap better, from both a rap and production …
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Rapper’s Flow Encyclopedia – Ludacris And Old School Rap
So my editors at HipHopDX told me that my rap world centered heavily around the East and West Coasts, and …
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Rap Analysis – Digable Planets
Yo. What’s up. I just got finished checking out the Digable Planets track one of you sent me, found here, called “Appointment …
Black Thought – Rap Music Analysis
A look at Philly rapper Black Thought and how he’s musically so versatile.
Rap Music Analysis – Earl Sweatshirt, “Earl”, Pt. 3
This week’s treat is a “Part 3” to my Earl Sweatshirt Analysis in the Rapper’s Flow Encyclopedia. A guy asked …
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Rap Analysis – 10 Unique Rap Voices
Every talented rapper has an extremely recognizable and unique voice. Earl Sweatshirt could never be confused with Kendrick Lamar, or …
Rap Analysis – Kanye West, “Monster”
Today’s exclusive article will be on the musical arrangements of rap songs, instead of being an analysis on a song’s …
Rap Analysis – How To Have Better Delivery
Many rap fans complain, “Radio sucks”. While being accurate, it also relies on a common misconception: that rappers on the …
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